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Description
Project goal -
To strengthen the population of Latvia for civic action in connection with the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and the consequences thereof in Ukraine and Latvia.
Main activities:
Involvement and training of volunteers, socio-emotional assistance to support providers - members of the association and volunteers
Activities of Volunteers in Implementing Civic-Significant Activities Providing Support to Victims in the Situation in Ukraine, Implementing the Actions of Citizens Active in Latvia, Promoting the Prevention and Reduction of Disinformation.
Main results:
-trained volunteers to work with the victims of the war in Ukraine, providing charity events;
- the number of people who have been involved in active citizenship has increased - they have been involved in voluntary work and they have implemented important civil society activities as volunteers after training
- reduced misinformation among the public
- psycho-emotional support was provided to the members of the association and volunteers in order to ensure their ability to act qualitatively and provide support to the victims of the situation in Ukraine by implementing the actions of the citizens of Latvia who are civically active.
Summary of project results
On the conclusion of the project, the Society concludes that the objective has been achieved in full, with volunteers engaged and active throughout the project, even more people as planned.
It is important to emphasise that it was initially difficult for the project target group to explain that this time the lessons are intended not for others, but for themselves, that it is a support for the brewers themselves. Because there had never been such a situation before. All class visitors expressed great gratitude to managers, the association and the AIF for this opportunity. And acknowledged that such aid was actually extremely significant and needed. Because it gives more power to operate itself. And there is also a school for how to better help others. Consequently, it succeeded not only to support volunteers but also to give them the tools to work with people from the war zone.
During the implementation of the project, 13 people who had never been volunteers were involved and active in volunteering. However, on a temporary basis, the way volunteers engaged in a much higher number of people and several involved as consultants for arrivals helped to address video filming. The process of creating video has led many to understand the importance of what is happening very directly and unambiguously. It encourages a more active interest in what is happening to exit the bubble of your lack of information.
Video – stories of Ukrainian residents were also captured during the project. Video captured is an indispensable value, both as a reflection of what is happening now and in the future as the preservation of true historical facts.
A major result of the project is also the gathering of all the necessary information in one place - for Ukrainians who arrive in Latvia - a public group was created on the Facebook platform, which compiles and regularly supplements information in the Ukrainian language regarding the possibilities for receiving assistance in Latvian municipalities, as well as the contact details of the responsible authorities and the geographical coordinates of the largest cities of Latvia.